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Re: If java doesn't support operator overloading, how does String + concatenation work

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Ajay Paul wrote:
> I understand that java doesn't support operator overloading.
> If so, how does String + concatenation work ? 

There is no method String::operator+() as there would be in C++.
String "+" is just "syntactic sugar", i.e. a shorthand notation
which is translated by the compiler into bytecode equivalent to
new StringBuilder().append(...).append(...).toString(). If you're
using Eclipse, get the "bytecode outline" plugin and see yourself.

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If java doesn't support operator overloading, how does String + concatenation work Ajay Paul <ajaykpaul@gmail.com> - 2015-04-30 07:10 -0700
  Re: If java doesn't support operator overloading, how does String + concatenation work Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-30 11:32 -0400
    Re: If java doesn't support operator overloading, how does String   + concatenation work Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-30 23:46 +0200
  Re: If java doesn't support operator overloading, how does String + concatenation work v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-05-01 06:33 +0000

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